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WalletHub’s analysts calculated potential monetary losses — including the cumulative cost of a cigarette pack per day over several decades, health care expenditures, income losses and other costs — brought on by smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.

A third potential federal class-action lawsuit has been filed against Reynolds American Inc. and a subsidiary. Meanwhile, the other plaintiffs want to combine their cases. At stake are Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co.’s organic and additive-free marketing cl

City officials and community groups gathered Sunday... "E-cigarettes with their flavorings and their advertising completely attract children. It's the same industry playbook that we saw with regular tobacco," said Global Advisors on Smoke-Free Policy Exe

The Federal Trade Commission is taking public comments on a proposed study of the e-cigarette industry, and Comptroller Scott Stringer wants the agency to look into e-cig makers marketing their noxious wares to kids. In his testimony to the commission, t

hosted a rally with dozens of advocates, parents and youth to call on e-cigarette companies to stop marketing to children and teens, while at the same time urging federal entities to investigate and regulate the marketing and classification of e-cigarette

In a rare appearance on Sunday, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer and New York City Public Advocate Letitia James hosted a joint rally with dozens of advocates, parents and youth to call on e-cigarette companies to stop marketing to children and t

The dirty secret is that e-cigarette companies are exploiting a loophole in laws that ban marketing tobacco products to kids....we are urging e-cig companies to take down this dangerous marketing--and calling on the federal government to investigate and r

At an Upper West Side rally, Comptroller Scott Stringer said the companies are using the old playbook of the tobacco industry when it comes to targeting young people, 1010 WINS’ Roger Stern reported. “They’re sponsoring concerts and sporting events,” St

A 69-year-old paraplegic woman was burned over 75 percent of her body when flames tore through her apartment on the Upper West Side on Sunday morning — and her cigarette may have ignited the blaze, police sources said. The fire started in her apartment